性别绑定的语言影响-THE GENDER-LINKED LANGUAGE EFFECT.docVIP

THE GENDER-LINKED LANGUAGE EFFECT Anthony Mulac, University of California, Santa Barbara 1. What is the Gender-Linked Language Effect? In a substantial number of empirical investigations outside the context of organizations, the language used by men and women has been shown to differ in meaningful ways. Mulac, Bradac, and Gibbons (in press) summarized more than 30 studies, finding 16 language features that have differentiated gender in a consistent manor. For example, 5 investigations have shown that men tend to use more references to quantity (“an 81% loss in vision”) than women, and 3 studi